# Herbie Hancock

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Herbie Hancock in HitMasters: 816 songs as collectible cards. Most popular: “Rockit”. 48 releases in the catalog. Free to collect as cards in HitMasters.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tracks | 816 |
| YouTube Music subscribers | 232,000 |
| YouTube Music | [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCq\_O\_14tCKbx9U9uUT\_LEPA](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCq_O_14tCKbx9U9uUT_LEPA) |

## About

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, he experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles using a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this time that he released one of his best-known and most influential albums, Head Hunters. Hancock's best-known compositions include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Maiden Voyage", and "Chameleon", all of which are jazz standards. During the 1980s, he had a hit single with the electronic instrumental "Rockit", a collaboration with bassist/producer Bill Laswell. Hancock has won an Academy Award and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for his 2007 album River: The Joni Letters, a tribute to his friend Joni Mitchell. In 2024, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph ranked Hancock as the greatest keyboard player of all time. In 2025, he received the Polar Music Prize.

Text: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie), CC BY-SA license.

## Most popular songs

- [Rockit – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-rockit-GHhD4PD75zY)
- [Cantaloupe Island (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-remastered-1999-rudy-van-otFVFLtRF_s)
- [Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-UnsBNv7HcM8)
- [Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-wWe17w5OeAk)
- [Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-K5-yUUE6_oo)
- [Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-J0ITF2IN9fU)
- [Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-BlZZtW03qgM)
- [Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-watermelon-man-JI6m-H9LtMI)
- [Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-watermelon-man-ppJQKfqhFfE)
- [Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-watermelon-man-F-OQ2x0X-E8)
- [Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-watermelon-man-yMWSLdszEoc)
- [Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/herbie-hancock-watermelon-man-oh2DbsBzGhg)

## Releases

- [Summer Jazz: Herbie Hancock (2026)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-summer-jazz-herbie-hancock-MPREb_2ZxZj5g9PrZ)
- [Late Night Herbie Hancock (2024)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-late-night-herbie-hancock-MPREb_DJXawGsQik5)
- [Legendary Recordings: Herbie Hancock (2023)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-legendary-recordings-herbie-hancock-MPREb_nna8vUBzBOJ)
- [Jammin' With Herbie (2022) (2022)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-jammin-with-herbie-2022-MPREb_4z2YSBjbJRG)
- [Live Under Sky 1981 (2020)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-live-under-sky-1981-MPREb_NzgWNgv9c7t)
- [Watermelon Man (2018)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-watermelon-man-MPREb_CvrsgonXBs1)
- [Blow-Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-blow-up-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-MPREb_045YN3NBd60)
- [The Jazz Masters (2016)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-jazz-masters-MPREb_SfrlIT0vOYs)
- [The Warner Bros. Years \[1969-1972\] (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-warner-bros-years-1969-1972-MPREb_AHXzrLVy2rO)
- [Herbie Hancock Greatest Hits (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-herbie-hancock-greatest-hits-MPREb_FF6uTU4oY3i)
- [Empty Pockets (Herbie Hancock Empty Pockets) (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-empty-pockets-herbie-hancock-empty-pockets-MPREb_yRoOLNuGMzP)
- [The Prisoner (2013)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-prisoner-MPREb_FwSTEGL2BYq)
- [Herbie's Blues (2012)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-herbies-blues-MPREb_rV5I82hn8RA)
- [Herbie Hancock: 12th & Hancock (2010)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-herbie-hancock-12th-and-hancock-MPREb_17sRh1qn9ct)
- [Hot Piano (2010)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-hot-piano-MPREb_aRkRMVkegwT)
- [The Imagine Project (2010)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-imagine-project-MPREb_rNvCV22Jw8R)
- [Voyager (2009)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-voyager-MPREb_UR5DFDEBb71)
- [Triple Best Of (2009)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-triple-best-of-MPREb_VuzWs9dPab6)
- [Then And Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock (2008)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-then-and-now-the-definitive-herbie-hancock-MPREb_BbOh6tpWagc)
- [Late Night Jazz Favorites (2008)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-late-night-jazz-favorites-MPREb_Inb3MEoLLAD)
- [Les Incontournables du jazz : Herbie Hancock (2008)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-les-incontournables-du-jazz-herbie-hancock-MPREb_Z5EPhPPFbjj)
- [River: The Joni Letters (2007)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-river-the-joni-letters-MPREb_0K1jM42cCHL)
- [Touchstone (2007)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-touchstone-MPREb_WF8XtsoaEwS)
- [The Essential Herbie Hancock (2006)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-essential-herbie-hancock-MPREb_kjVK6ZadBrn)
- [Night Walker (2005)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-night-walker-MPREb_OuIeDHc32r3)
- [Live: Detroit/Chicago (2005)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-live-detroit-chicago-MPREb_eULyxaQg89T)
- [Possibilities (2005)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-possibilities-MPREb_pYN3bdl3j8C)
- [The Herbie Hancock Box (2002)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-herbie-hancock-box-MPREb_UmdPavEsRFS)
- [Riot - From Blue Note Sixties Sessions (1999)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-riot-from-blue-note-sixties-sessions-MPREb_NnRU1LAdPfM)
- [Jammin' With Herbie (1999)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-jammin-with-herbie-MPREb_h6BDttaPILN)
- [The Best Of Herbie Hancock - The Hits\! (1998)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-best-of-herbie-hancock-the-hits-MPREb_KSCezBo2Bq9)
- [Gershwin's World (1998)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-gershwins-world-MPREb_Z4KxOKLkwRM)
- [The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (1998)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-complete-blue-note-sixties-sessions-MPREb_jtikzQwTehf)
- [The New Standard (1996)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-new-standard-MPREb_APwWIA7BtJx)
- [Dis Is Da Drum (1995)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-dis-is-da-drum-MPREb_bdYvlFTYjM0)
- [Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1994)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-mwandishi-the-complete-warner-bros-recordings-MPREb_N6aUyYzlSUX)
- [Cantaloupe Island (1994)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-MPREb_UiEALNI9p4d)
- [A Tribute To Miles (1994)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-a-tribute-to-miles-MPREb_vH7QFPbDEOF)
- [Future Shock (1991)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-future-shock-MPREb_1jBiLQ5Cmgv)
- [The Best Of Herbie Hancock (1988)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-best-of-herbie-hancock-MPREb_UpqOQkUhLvO)
- [The Best Of Herbie Hancock (1988)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-the-best-of-herbie-hancock-MPREb_hMtJsFvsx1u)
- [Perfect Machine (Expanded Edition) (1988)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-perfect-machine-expanded-edition-MPREb_ntGBcNQYSax)
- [Village Life (1985)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-village-life-MPREb_kFSY8yqRpsq)
- [Sound System (1984)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-sound-system-MPREb_clRHmeF2zHa)
- [Quartet (1982)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-quartet-MPREb_Jly2c5FEQxc)
- [Lite Me Up (1982)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-lite-me-up-MPREb_Q7SRAcc2LQj)
- [Magic Windows (1981)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-magic-windows-MPREb_3Z8Qh4H1Yx5)
- [Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter & Tony Williams (1981)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/herbie-hancock-herbie-hancock-trio-with-ron-carter-and-tony-MPREb_qjFbwlykVrT)

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